Becoming a Grand-something

Since Christmas, I have applied myself to discovering a new way of dealing with my life.  For years I have read all the self help books, studied the Bible and never missed Oprah ( until she decided to support Obama).  Still I have found myself, divorced, again, and living in the foothills of Appalachia were ignorance and dental hygienic run rampant.  In January as part of my New Year's Resolution, I resigned from an in-effective volunteer job and began to read everything I could find on changing my life, broadening my horizons and selling my house.  I have downloaded every self-help book, re-framed from dating (on-line) and prayed.  During that time, my strong, resilient big brother has died and I have found another "non committing man".  You ask, "How in the name of God do you meet a man and not date?". My reply is that it is easy.  I have made a life of it.  Almost by chance I heard a sermon from "Joel Osteen, TV Let Me Tell You How To Live" and read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" all within 7 days of each other.  Neither one could have moved me, but together they shattered my resistance and got my attention; coupled with the passing of my brother and my 6lst birthday.  I am not about to tell you how to change, live or even stay alive but I am going to explore the possibilities that have opened to me and I am going to share them with you.  My brother is the best example of becoming all new that I have ever seen.  He became the man he wanted to be for his children, in becoming a saint to his grandchildren.  They called him "Grandbuddy" because that is what he became to them.   A wonderful friend, a great supporter and an inspiration to all those precious grandchildren and great-grandchildren who came to know him  My brother, Buddy, was not a sweetheart, not a pushover, not a man who made great promises or flattered you. But, he became a new creature in God to his grandchildren.  If all I ever am in this world is a good grandparent, can you even image the difference I will make in the world.  Thank you, Buddy, for helping to point me in the right direction. And please, help me find a good man!